Villarreal 4-0 Elche: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 4 September 2022

Result

Villarreal 4-0 Elche

La Liga · Sunday 4 September 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Villarreal 4-0 Elche: match report

Villarreal beat Elche 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 September 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Gerard Moreno (26'), Giovani Lo Celso (36'), Francis Coquelin (89') and José Luis Morales (90+3'). Elche did not score.

Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card; Elche received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 7 points from 3 and Elche 16th on 1 point from 3. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Elche 20th with 25.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Elche in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Francis Coquelin of Villarreal (7.8), level with Raúl Albiol (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 4 draws and 1 for Elche.

Going into the match Villarreal's last five read D-W-W and Elche's L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Raúl GutiElche
  • 42'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonVillarreal
  • 60'Yellow card · Pere MillaElche
  • 81'Yellow card · Enzo RocoElche
  • 89'Goal · Francis CoquelinVillarreal · 3-0
  • 90+3'Goal · José Luis MoralesVillarreal · 4-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Villarreal 3, draws 4, Elche 1.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Kiko Femenía, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Alfonso Pedraza, Yéremy Pino, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Giovani Lo Celso, Gerard Moreno, Nicolas Jackson

Elche line-up (4-4-2)

Edgar Badia, Helibelton Palacios, Enzo Roco, Pedro Bigas, Carlos Clerc, Tete Morente, Omar Mascarell, Raúl Guti, Álex Collado, Lucas Boyé, Ezequiel Ponce